National Ice Cream Cake Day

Ice cream cake is a common treat at birthday parties, weddings, and on the Fourth of July—or on any other summer occasion, such as today, National Ice Cream Cake Day! An ice cream cake may combine cake and ice cream, or not have any cake in it at all. When consisting largely of ice cream, any number of flavors can be shaped into a cake and be layered with many ingredients, like caramel, cookie crumbs, sponge cake, fudge, and fruit. Ice cream cake can also be made by adding ice cream to a cake that has been baked in the normal way and then frozen, and ice cream can also be used as a filling for a Swiss roll. Ice cream cake is decorated with frosting—oftentimes whipped cream—and icing. The cake is kept frozen until shortly before being eaten when it is thawed just enough so it can easily be sliced through.

Most popular in North America and Australia, ice cream cake can be homemade but is available for purchase at bakeries, grocery stores, and restaurants. Carvel, Dairy Queen, Baskin-Robbins, Ben & Jerry's, and Cold Stone Creamery are known for their ice cream cake.

National Ice Cream Cake Day was started in 2018 by the Jurado family of Florida. That April, Johanna Jurado passed away. Her daughter, Jenna Jurado, petitioned National Day Calendar to create a new holiday in honor of her mother. Johanna was known to receive a homemade ice cream cake on her birthday each year, so the first observance was placed on June 27, 2018, which would have been her 52nd birthday.

How to Observe National Ice Cream Cake Day

Celebrate by enjoying some ice cream cake! If you really want to get into the spirit, you could make a cake, but you could buy one. Order one from a local bakery, or get one from Carvel, Dairy Queen, Baskin-Robbins, Ben & Jerry's, or Cold Stone Creamery. Share on social media with the hashtag #NationalIceCreamCakeDay. Make a shout-out to your favorite ice cream cake maker, post photos of your cake, and share your favorite flavor combinations.

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